Poor Hugh's diet is not as good as it should be. With his lovebun being sick she had a very delicate tummy and he is a calcium bun who had to have a bladder stone the size of a grape removed, so finding veg they could both eat was like finding Neverland. So he's been pretty much on all the hay he can eat in as many varieties I can find and his science selective pellets, plus some coriander and basil. I really want to increase this now that he's on his own.
Can calcium buns have forage? Anyone with a calcium bun that has advice on good healthy bunny treats, I'm all perked up ears!
It's a horrid problem
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The gas or the calcium intolerance ?
Poor Hugh's diet is not as good as it should be. With his lovebun being sick she had a very delicate tummy and he is a calcium bun who had to have a bladder stone the size of a grape removed, so finding veg they could both eat was like finding Neverland. So he's been pretty much on all the hay he can eat in as many varieties I can find and his science selective pellets, plus some coriander and basil. I really want to increase this now that he's on his own.
Can calcium buns have forage? Anyone with a calcium bun that has advice on good healthy bunny treats, I'm all perked up ears!
For Scrappy I usually make up a forage box in the morning: cat litter tray filled with different hays (Ings, meadow, oat, orchard grass, timothy and rye) bits of torn up dried forage (eg dandelion, plantain, birch, blackcurrant leaves) and some SS pellets all mixed in together. Same again in the evening, except a small amount of chopped veg/greens instead of the pellets. I find she seems to enjoy being fed that way: she spends ages digging and foraging around in the box looking for the best bits, and then gobbles up most of the hay before a quick stretch and flop She also loves apples so I would normally give her a bit of that when I want to give her a treat.
Lopsy likes it: he has a drip-tray into which goes hay and pellets, sometimes forage and kale too. Last night he had the lot in there and was up to his shoulders in hay, snuffling out the pellets: when he came out his floofy fine hair between his ears was all stuck up XDThis is a great idea.Ive made forage boxes up for my buns before but never thought of putting in everything including pellets and their veg before.
This is a great idea.Ive made forage boxes up for my buns before but never thought of putting in everything including pellets and their veg before.